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Ace
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States16096 Posts
May 14 2009 21:55 GMT
#1561
I'm not a Lakers fan just to let you guys know ^_^

I just honestly think Denver is getting too much hype with their easy road to the WCF. If Denver had to play the winner of Houston/Portland do you guys honestly see them going to the WCF? If so I'd love to hear an explanation besides lol Melo/Billups 2eZ.
Math me up, scumboi. - Acrofales
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
May 14 2009 22:01 GMT
#1562
On May 15 2009 06:39 Ace wrote:
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On May 15 2009 06:37 Xeris wrote:
On May 15 2009 05:11 eStoniaNBoY wrote:
Xeris,

Point is that they have the same attitude and the same approach like they had last year. If you make mistakes like they did last year then you fix them instead of running into the same problems over and over again.

Lakers can`t afford to think like alcoholics and drug addicts. " Tomorrow I will stop it " won`t cut it. And if they make it to the Finals then they didn`t "lose the title" like they thought they did vs Boston, but they were "fortunate to play in the Finals" a feature they might accomplish again this year.

They have young inconsistant players on the bench who don`t need to see their starting five slacking off.



What are you talking about? You can't judge their performance right now and say whether or not they would win the title. Boston played badly, but then during the Finals they tore it up. I'm not saying the Lakers will do this, but I'm saying it can happen - and you can't randomly discount a team because of some sloppy games. You also can't discount their bench, which for 1.5 years was playing out of its mind (only the past 3 months they've been slacking).... they have that potential to be practically unbeatable and there's no reason to say that they can't get into that form by the time the Finals runs around.

As Fisher said, you can't play a perfect game (I.E beating Houston by 40) every night... some nights you're just going to shoot horribly, etc... you can't judge anything off a few games, it's all about the end result. Trying to make these outlandish claims about the Lakers having no chance because of their play RIGHT NOW doesn't mean anything.


Also the opposite is true. You can't say the Nuggets are so good when they play opponents that are custom fit for them to demolish

I'm still calling LA 4-0 or 4-1, assuming they beat Houston.


I'm not saying Denver is so good =D I think they're going to get buttraped.
twitter.com/xerislight -- follow me~~
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
May 14 2009 22:04 GMT
#1563
On May 15 2009 06:42 inertinept wrote:
how can you guys even have fun arguing basketball with these laker fanboys? its so close to trolling its alarming.


by the way, there's nothing wrong with being a fan of a team. in fact, and this may seem like a novel concept to a troll like you, but it is actually possible to talk objectively about basketball while you are a fan of a team. just because I'm rooting for the lakers doesn't mean I think they are perfect or that I'm a "fanboy". quote anything I said that's totally wrong or biased in favor of LA, I think you'll be hard pressed to find it.

just because I think people are over-hyping Clevland a shitload and think the Lakers still have a good chance at winning doesn't make me a fanboy.
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Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-14 22:13:46
May 14 2009 22:07 GMT
#1564
honestly the only real fanboy in the NBA threads has been Infested ....

JAZZ HWAITING!!!!!!!

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On February 21 2009 14:13 InfeSteD wrote:
HOW ABOUT THEM FUCKIN JAZZ LAST NIGHT MOTHERFUCKERS!

FUCK THE CELTICS!!!

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SALT LAKE CITY - Utah coach Jerry Sloan was uncharacteristically complimentary of his team after the Jazz beat the Celtics 90-85.

Utah did it with the kind of style the coach just loves — nasty.

“They put a body on you. They knock you around,” Sloan said of the defending NBA champion. “Our guys, sometimes we want to play in a tuxedo. And when you’re playing against those guys, you better get it off and get ready to get nasty.”


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UTAH JAZZ FIGHTIIIIINGGG!!!



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On February 22 2009 13:28 InfeSteD wrote:
Utah Jazz > Lakers
Utah Jazz > Celtics
Utah Jazz > Hornets and Chris Paul
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If I believe... we are 8-2 the last 10 games and havent lost any at home(7 win streak @ home)... we are playing really strong and hope to make it to the playoffs and do good when Booz comes back...


RIP Larry H. Miller! This game was for you tonight...
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D Will just showed CP3 tonight...

Jazz Fighting!



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On February 23 2009 13:44 InfeSteD wrote:
To all of you talking about Deron Williams...

I think you do know about Basketball since you can actually grasp the reality about Deron Williams(since you see so little of him compared to CP3 <--Jordan Sponsord <--- Hyped in all major sports channels etc..)...

I'd put my hands in fire and with no doubt say that everyone in the United States discriminates Utah for alot of reasons... The Jazz are never on ESPN top 10 regardless of what they do... Ive gone to games where Lebron and Kobe tear that shit up and Im almost cummin in my pants with their plays and D wills killer cross overs etc.. and they never show the highlights on ESPN or any major NBA channel...

The only way I see the Jazz are in local channels... and proly like 3 times out of the whole year they ll play in TNT or something (without countin Playoffs which they dont play the same for some reason)

so Im 100% if ur not from Utah.. you dont know who Deron Williams is ... and if u are a fan of him now by seein a lil of him.. then u d be crazy about him if u saw a lot of him on TV like u do of Kobe, Lebron, Howard, CP3...

Im not bein a blind fan just cuz I like the Jazz but because Deron is better than CP3 all around in carrying the team(since they dont depend on him, he doesnt even shoot the ball at all and we all get mad in Utah about that), stronger in the paint, more focused and he dont give a shit about being a superstar (he said it in a game.. he said he didnt want to score more than 30 points because hes a PG and wanted his team to do the job and he just wanted to help out.. but he ended up scoring +30 in many games in a row nonethelss.


Utah had the pick before Hornets and they decided to get D WIll instead of CP3 and it paid off... the Jazz if it wasnt for the injuries of Booz, D Will, Kirilikenko AKa all their supesrstars are as good as Stockton/Malone ages.. and last year we took Lakers to a 6th game and almost beat em to go to the 7th...

I am almost 100% sure than if it would have been CP3 instead of D Will we had in our team, he wouldnt have made the diff D Will has...

Summary:

- Utahns are lookd down upon in the states (I have experienced it wherever I go)
- Utah Jazz arent shown on ESPN regardless of what they do
- CP3 is just a show every single time (he dont give a fuck and risks too many plays and everytime he matches himself with D Will he gets butt fuckd)



THIS ^---
is a fanboy.
twitter.com/xerislight -- follow me~~
BalliSLife
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
1339 Posts
May 14 2009 22:26 GMT
#1565
I'm just gonna turn it into the counter the image thread, everytime i see UTAH i'll put up a picture of lebron
Ya well, at least I don't fuck a fleshlight with a condom on and cry at the same time.
XaI)CyRiC
Profile Joined October 2002
United States4471 Posts
May 14 2009 22:37 GMT
#1566
On May 15 2009 06:42 inertinept wrote:
how can you guys even have fun arguing basketball with these laker fanboys? its so close to trolling its alarming.


Well let's see what evidence we have before us:

1. The Lakers finished with the best record in the Western Conference this regular season by a sizable margin, 11 more wins than the Nuggets, who tied with the Spurs and Blazers for second. The Lakers finished the regular season with higher offensive and defensive efficiency ratings than the Nuggets.

2. The Lakers went 3-1 against the Nuggets, the last win coming about a week before the playoffs started and with the Nuggets in the midst of an 8-game winning streak. KMart didn't play, but it was Bynum's first game back after missing 30 games. The Lakers won by 14 points.

3. Kobe has consistently lit up the Nuggets in the past few seasons (or more), and continued to do so this season. The Nuggets have no one who can guard Kobe. Melo struggled against the Lakers in the first three games (partly because of an injured elbow), but woke up in the last game against them where he scored 23 pts on 16 FGA. Both are playing fantastically in the playoffs.

4. Both Billups (22.1 ppg, 7.3 apg, 3.3 3pg at 54%) and Gasol (18.7 ppg, 10 rpg, 1.9 bpg) have been having great postseasons and turned their respective teams into contenders when they joined them.

4. The Lakers went 15-5 in their last 20 games of the regular season, Denver went 14-6 for theirs.

5. The Lakers have faced the Jazz in the first round of the playoffs, and the Rockets in the second round. The Nuggets have faced the Hornets in the first round and the Mavs in the second round.

6. The Lakers made it to the Finals last season, and arguably have a better team than they did last year (this will definitely be true if Farmar continues to play well and Sasha remembers how to shoot). The Nuggets got eliminated in the first round last season, and undeniably have a MUCH better team than they did last year.

Feel free to add additional facts, but these seem to make the Lakers out to be the logical favorites in a playoff matchup.
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vx70GTOJudgexv
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3161 Posts
May 15 2009 00:56 GMT
#1567
It's so unfortunate that KG is out and the Celtics are likely to lose to the Cavaliers.

I'll still root though!

And I'm pulling for the Rockets. Just the fact that they could possibly beat the Lakers makes me a happy man.
(-_-) BW for ever. #1 Iris fan.
PanoRaMa
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
United States5070 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-15 01:07:47
May 15 2009 01:07 GMT
#1568
what the hell did ESPN just go down or something?

I feel like I'm on a GOM stream =[

Exciting game 6 between Celtics and Magic nonetheless though, Howard is doing pretty well.

edit: nvm it's back, yay. HD problem I guess.
CTStalker
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Canada9720 Posts
May 15 2009 01:26 GMT
#1569
i love the way hubie brown says 'athleticism'

that's right old guy, sound out the toughies
By the way, my name is Funk. I am not of your world
triangle
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States3803 Posts
May 15 2009 01:49 GMT
#1570
Appalling play from both teams.

Yuck.
Also known as waterfall / w4terfall
PanoRaMa
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
United States5070 Posts
May 15 2009 01:50 GMT
#1571
who was that again that blew the inbound pass from the celtics? guy must feel like shit.
unknown.sam
Profile Joined May 2007
Philippines2701 Posts
May 15 2009 01:59 GMT
#1572
first an airball 3pter and then a terrible, terrible pass by rondo...game 7 again
you gotta wonder how much more the keltics can take, they have so much mileage on them
"Thanks for the kind words, but if SS is the most interesting book you've ever read, you must have just started reading a couple of weeks ago." - Mark Rippetoe
Butigroove
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Seychelles2061 Posts
May 15 2009 02:02 GMT
#1573
Rondo didn't airball the 3, it was deflected.

Was a the worst fucking shooting game I have seen ever though. :S
beach beers buds beezies b-b-b-baaanelings
CTStalker
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Canada9720 Posts
May 15 2009 02:05 GMT
#1574
gotta have expected the rockets to come out agressive, what an awesome start so far
By the way, my name is Funk. I am not of your world
BroOd
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Austin10833 Posts
May 15 2009 02:09 GMT
#1575
uh, holy shit lol
ModeratorSIRL and JLIG.
dL.ZergSwarm
Profile Joined April 2009
United States4 Posts
May 15 2009 02:10 GMT
#1576
ROFL the Lakers had 1 point for about 6 minutes of that first quarter...Rockets setting tone early!
Ra.Xor.2
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States1784 Posts
May 15 2009 02:13 GMT
#1577
Houston is fucking sick
#1 Flash Fan
CTStalker
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Canada9720 Posts
May 15 2009 02:15 GMT
#1578
after 3 possessions gasol was already screaming at bynum lmao. why did they even start him
By the way, my name is Funk. I am not of your world
Ra.Xor.2
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States1784 Posts
May 15 2009 02:16 GMT
#1579
On May 15 2009 11:10 dL.ZergSwarm wrote:
ROFL the Lakers had 1 point for about 6 minutes of that first quarter...Rockets setting tone early!


Welcome to TL!
#1 Flash Fan
BroOd
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Austin10833 Posts
May 15 2009 02:21 GMT
#1580
14pts 7 boards for Scola in the 1st quarter.
ModeratorSIRL and JLIG.
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